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State v. Rutherford

Oregon Court of Appeals
Aug 13, 1996
912 P.2d 431 (Or. Ct. App. 1996)

Opinion

Z169783; CA A89158

Submitted on record and briefs October 30, 1995, compensatory fine vacated.

Affirmed March 6, 1996. Petition for review denied August 13, 1996 ( 324 Or. 78)

Appeal from District Court, Multnomah County, Charles B. Guinasso, Judge.

Garrett A. Richardson and Multnomah Defenders filed the brief for appellant.

Theodore R. Kulongoski, Attorney General, Virginia L. Linder, Solicitor General, and Jonathan H. Fussner, Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.

Before Richardson, Chief Judge, and Riggs and Landau, Judges.


PER CURIAM

Compensatory fine vacated; otherwise affirmed.


Defendant pled guilty to driving while under the influence of intoxicants. ORS 813.010. The court suspended imposition of sentence and imposed three years probation. As a condition of probation, the court imposed a $1,000 compensatory fine.

ORS 137.101(1) limits the imposition of a compensatory fine to a situation in which "the person injured by the act constituting the crime has a remedy by civil action." State v. Barkley, 315 Or. 420, 846 P.2d 390, cert den 510 U.S. 837 (1993). Defendant contends, and the state agrees, that the court erred in imposing a compensatory fine because there was no evidence in the record that defendant's act of driving under the influence of intoxicants caused damages in that amount or that defendant would be liable for those damages in a civil action. We accept the state's concession of error.

Compensatory fine vacated; otherwise affirmed.


Summaries of

State v. Rutherford

Oregon Court of Appeals
Aug 13, 1996
912 P.2d 431 (Or. Ct. App. 1996)
Case details for

State v. Rutherford

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. HENRY A. RUTHERFORD, Appellant

Court:Oregon Court of Appeals

Date published: Aug 13, 1996

Citations

912 P.2d 431 (Or. Ct. App. 1996)
912 P.2d 431